Three castle ruins in eastern Slovakia welcomed foreign volunteers in August with the task to help with renovation works at the castles. More than 20 young people from Europe (Netherlands, Finland, ...

ONE of the country's most visited castle ruins, Spišský hrad, which is also the largest and best preserved of its kind in Europe, has been lit up at night in an attempt by its operator to make it even ...

Back in the day, you were nothing without your own fortress — and so much of Europe is covered with castles — or, more accurately, the ruins of castles. But now, many of these former grand residences ...

Scooping up the muddy soil at an excavation site in Slovakia, archaeologists expected to find artifacts from World War II and maybe even a medieval settlement. Yet with each scoop, they inched closer ...

Fairytale castles, mountain ranges, affordable prices and charming Bratislava—that’s Slovakia. If you haven’t heard of Slovakia, it’s not because it’s not a beautiful place. I would say it is not in ...

The Foreigner's Guide to Living in Slovakia posts a list of “the top 10 castles and ruins in Slovakia” (with maps and pictures). Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples ...

From Edinburgh to Prague and Romania to England, one of Europe's defining features is its castles. While many other European countries boast dozens of fairytale-like hidden castles, Slovakia is ...

Most of Europe's castles have long been discovered by travelers. These can be fun, offering battle re-enactments, sound-and-light shows, catapult demos, dress-up costumes, fake garden parties, wagon ...